This revised edition brings the history of the women's movement in Britain up to the end of the 20th century. The author focuses attention on the different generations of women involved in the women's movement since 1914 and examines the marked trend towards marriage and motherhood amongst British women since the 1920s, arguing that domesticity has, historically, been a positive influence promoting change in the lives of women. Pugh has a very wide focus, assessing feminist pressure groups, women's organizations and the growth of popular women's magazines. The 2nd edition has been expanded with two new chapters on the women's movement in the 1960s and on the influence of Britain's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.
| ISBN | 0333732669 | | Pages | 400 | | ISBN13 | 9780333732663
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 509 | | Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | | Published in | Basingstoke | | Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | | Previous ISBN | 9780333494400 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Publication date | 31 Jul 2000 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 305.420941 | | Spine width (mm) | 22 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, A / AS level |
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List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Women and the Women's Movement before 1914 The Impact of the Great War Strategy and Tactics of the Women's Movement in the 1920s The Anti-Feminist Reaction The Domestication of British Politics The Political Containment of Women, 1918-1939 The Cult of Domesticity in the 1930s The New Feminism and the Decline of the Women's Movement in the 1930s Women in the Second World War The Nadir of British Feminism 1945-1959? Women's Liberation Feminism in the Era of Thatcherism, 1979 - 1999 Notes Bibliography Index
'A valuable additional text providing useful historical material covering a wide period. The text is of value to introductory and advanced students in the way it tackles identified segments of time, bringing discussion up to the recent Thatcher era.' - S. Shuttleworth, University of Hull 'A highly readable and accessible text, that offers a clear insight into the women's movement in Britain.' - Melinda Barone, University College Salford 'A superb book which is informative and well presented. The additional chapters are particularly impressive. I'd recommend this book to students and academics.' - Dr Pauline Lynn, University of Teeside Reviews of the first edition: '... an interesting and helpful book on British feminism in the first half of the twentieth century' - Richard Gott, The Guardian 'This excellent and informative volume fills a long-recognized gap' - Kelly Boyd, History '... provides a comprehensive and well documented political history of women and the women's movement' - Alice Brown, Political Studies
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